Coup d'Etat to World Trade Seen in Billionaire Toxic Lead Fight

Coup d'Etat to World Trade Seen in Billionaire Toxic Lead Fight

Coup d'Etat To World Trade Seen in Renco's $800 Million Toxic Lead Fight

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A large mound of lead awaits to be processed at the Doe Run Peru refinery in La Oroya, Peru, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A large mound of lead awaits to be processed at the Doe Run Peru refinery in La Oroya, Peru, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coup d'Etat To World Trade Seen in Renco's $800 Million Toxic Lead Fight

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Buildings stand on the Mantaro River in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Buildings stand on the Mantaro River in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coup d'Etat To World Trade Seen in Renco's $800 Million Toxic Lead Fight

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Nasira Chavez, an 9-year-old whose blood contained 55 micrograms per deciliter of lead when she was 2 years-old, stands for a portrait on a playground in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Nasira Chavez, an 9-year-old whose blood contained 55 micrograms per deciliter of lead when she was 2 years-old, stands for a portrait on a playground in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coup d'Etat To World Trade Seen in Renco's $800 Million Toxic Lead Fight

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Nasira Chavez, an 9-year-old whose blood contained 55 micrograms per deciliter of lead when she was 2 years-old, stands for a portrait on a playground in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Nasira Chavez, an 9-year-old whose blood contained 55 micrograms per deciliter of lead when she was 2 years-old, stands for a portrait on a playground in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coup d'Etat To World Trade Seen in Renco's $800 Million Toxic Lead Fight

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Nasira Chavez, an 9-year-old whose blood contained 55 micrograms per deciliter of lead when she was 2 years-old, slides down a pole on a playground in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Nasira Chavez, an 9-year-old whose blood contained 55 micrograms per deciliter of lead when she was 2 years-old, slides down a pole on a playground in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coup d'Etat To World Trade Seen in Renco's $800 Million Toxic Lead Fight

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Oshin Onofre, a 21-year-old who says she started having convulsions and headaches 10 years ago, sits on a couch in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills.Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Oshin Onofre, a 21-year-old who says she started having convulsions and headaches 10 years ago, sits on a couch in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills.Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coup d'Etat To World Trade Seen in Renco's $800 Million Toxic Lead Fight

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Norma Figueroa sits with her family on a couch in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. In La Oroya, some parents say they believe Doe Run Peru plantís toxins stunted their children's bodies and damaged their minds. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Norma Figueroa sits with her family on a couch in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. In La Oroya, some parents say they believe Doe Run Peru plantís toxins stunted their children's bodies and damaged their minds. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coup d'Etat To World Trade Seen in Renco's $800 Million Toxic Lead Fight

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Norma Figueroa, left, sits with her children and Oshin Onofre, right, in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Norma Figueroa, left, sits with her children and Oshin Onofre, right, in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coup d'Etat To World Trade Seen in Renco's $800 Million Toxic Lead Fight

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Christian Gutierrez Leon, who is 14 but remains in 5th grade with 9-year-olds because he struggles in school, sits with his mother in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Christian Gutierrez Leon, who is 14 but remains in 5th grade with 9-year-olds because he struggles in school, sits with his mother in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coup d'Etat To World Trade Seen in Renco's $800 Million Toxic Lead Fight

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Christian Gutierrez Leon, who is 14 but remains in 5th grade with 9-year-olds because he struggles in school, sits in his home in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Christian Gutierrez Leon, who is 14 but remains in 5th grade with 9-year-olds because he struggles in school, sits in his home in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coup d'Etat To World Trade Seen in Renco's $800 Million Toxic Lead Fight

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Walter Condor, medical technologist and expert in heavy metals, works in a laboratory in the La Oroya health center in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Walter Condor, medical technologist and expert in heavy metals, works in a laboratory in the La Oroya health center in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coup d'Etat To World Trade Seen in Renco's $800 Million Toxic Lead Fight

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Walter Condor, medical technologist and expert in heavy metals, stands with colleagues while showing new medical equipment that allows him to test lead levels at the health center, in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Walter Condor, medical technologist and expert in heavy metals, stands with colleagues while showing new medical equipment that allows him to test lead levels at the health center, in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coup d'Etat To World Trade Seen in Renco's $800 Million Toxic Lead Fight

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Giovanna Arroya, left, holds her son, Paolo, while he receives an exam from clinic doctor Herbert Damian at the health clinic in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Giovanna Arroya, left, holds her son, Paolo, while he receives an exam from clinic doctor Herbert Damian at the health clinic in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coup d'Etat To World Trade Seen in Renco's $800 Million Toxic Lead Fight

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Giovanna Arroya, second right, sits with her son, Paolo, while they await for an exam from a doctor at La Oroya's health clinic, in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Giovanna Arroya, second right, sits with her son, Paolo, while they await for an exam from a doctor at La Oroya's health clinic, in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coup d'Etat To World Trade Seen in Renco's $800 Million Toxic Lead Fight

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Giovanna Arroya, right, holds her son, Paolo, at the health clinic in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Giovanna Arroya, right, holds her son, Paolo, at the health clinic in the town of La Oroya, Peru, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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A large mound of lead awaits to be processed at the Doe Run Peru... News PhotoFinance,Horizontal,Industry,Latin America,Mine,Miner,Mining,Peru,Pollution,Refinery,South America,WaitingPhotographer BloombergCollection: Bloomberg 2013 BloombergA large mound of lead awaits to be processed at the Doe Run Peru refinery in La Oroya, Peru, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Most of La Oroyaís children suffer elevated lead levels, according to the Peruvian government. The question of responsibility for lead pollution in La Oroya is at the center of high-stakes clash between Peru and U.S. billionaire Ira Rennert, who owned Doe Run Peru for more than a decade through Renco Group Inc., a metals, mining and industrial conglomerate based in New York that has said it is not responsible for the childrenís ills. Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images